Holder for wing-point collars.



E. G. SKINNER. HOLDER FOR WING POINT GOLLARS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1,1908,

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrreir.

EMILY Gr. SKINNER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

HOLDER FOR WING-POINT COLLARS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMILY G. SKINNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Wing-PointCollars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder for wingpoint collars, and it has forits object the provision of means for holding the collar in proper shapewith the wing-points exposed so that they can be sponged-ofi' when foundnecessary, to remove lint, finger-marks, or when otherwise soiled.

Another object is to provide an inexpensive, simple and efiective devicefor this purpose in which adjustable members lie on opposite sides of afixed member and are separated from the latter by intervening-spaces inwhich the collar is placed; said adjustable members havingsupporting-wings at their upper ends onto which the wing-points of thecollars are laid and upstanding stops at the rear ends of the wingsagainst which the edges of the wing-points are adapted to bear.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafterdescribed and particularly pointed out in the subj oined claims.

In the drawings,-Figure l is a perspective view of my improvedcollar-holder attached to a support and showing a collar placed thereinwith the wing-points lying on the supporting-wings of the adjustablemembers. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the holder with the ends of a collarshown in connection therewith. Fig. 8 is a side-view of the same showingthe manner of holding a collar therein. Figs. 4 and 5 are rear and frontviews, respectively, of the holder. Fig. 6 is a central vertical sectiontaken on line 66, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section takenon line 77, Fig. 3.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, like letters of reference referto like parts in the several figures.

The reference letter A represents a table or other support onto which myimproved holder B is secured; the holder being preferably secured to theedge of the table or support so that a collar placed therein will notcome in contact with the table, and n0 obstruction is therefore offeredto the proper positioning of the collar.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 1, 1908.

Patented Sept. 21, 19%).

Serial No. 413,912.

C represents a base-plate adapted to be fastened to the table or supportby means of screws 0, or other fastening means; it having a fixed memberD formed integrally therewith which rises therefrom at a point aboutmidlength. Said fixed member comprises a standard D having at its upperend an inclined flat portion or table (Z which is preferably round atits front end, as at (P, and tapered to its rear end, as clearly shownin Fig. 2. For the purpose of reducing the weight of the device, thestandard is provided with an opening E. Arranged at opposite sides ofthe fixed member with their inner faces parallel with the convergingedges of the flat portion or table of said member, are two adjustablemembers F sepa rated from said edges by intervening spaces Gr. Saidadjustable members comprise standards H having slotted flanges I attheir lower ends through which fastening-screws i are passed that takeinto threaded openings 2' in the base-plate C, and at their upper endssaid standards are provided with lat erally extending wings J which areinclined rearwardly, as best shown in Fig. 3, and the surfaces of whichare elevated slightly above the flat upper face of the fixed member. Thesaid wings are curved at their rear ends and tapered to their frontends, and at the rear ends of said wings, upstanding stops K areprovided. The spaces between the edges of the table (Z and the innerfaces of the adjustable members H may be enlarged or diminished byloosening the screws 2' and moving the adjustable members toward or fromthe fixed member.

When placing the collar in position to be sponged-off, the ends thereofare passed into the spaces between the edges of the table (Z and theinner faces of the adjustable mem bers with the wing-points lying on thewings of said adjustable members and the edges of said wing-pointsbearing against the stops K. The only portions of the collar thereforeexposed are the wing-points, which latter are held in proper shape andcan be quickly and conveniently spongedotf to remove lint or othermatter adhering to the points.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim is,

1. A device of the character described comprising a rigid member, andadjustable members lying on opposite sides of said rigid member andseparated from the latter by intervening spaces, said adjustable membershaving lateral wings onto which the wing-points of a collar are adaptedto be placed.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a fixedmember, and adjustable members on opposite sides of said fixed memberand separated from the latter by intervening-spaces, said adjustablemembers having lateral wings onto which the wing-points of a collar areadapted to rest and upstanding stops against which the edges of thewing-points are adapted to bear.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a fixedmember having a flat inclined upper surface, and adjustable memberslying on opposite sides of said fixed member and separated therefrom byintervening spaces, said adjustable members having laterally extendingwings inclined similar to the upper surface of the fixed member andstops at the rear ends of said wings.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of a fixedmember having an inclined upper surface, and adjustable members onopposite sides of said fixedv member and separated therefrom byintervening spaces, said adjustable members having upper inclinedsurfaces and stops at the lowermost points of said inclined surfaces.

5. A device of the character described comprising three membersseparated by intervening spaces and having fiat upper surfaces inclinedfrom front to rear, two of said members being provided at their rearends with upstanding stops.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of anintermediate mem her, and two side members separated from saidintermediate member by intervening spaces, said side members havingtheir upper surfaces inclined rearward and adapted to support thewing-points of collars.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination of a fixedmember comprising a plate and a standard having an inclined fiat uppersurface, and adjustable members on opposite sides of said fixed memberand separated from the latter by intervening spaces, said adjustablemembers having flat surfaces inclined to correspond to the inclinedupper surface of the said fixed member and provided with upstandingstops at their lower ends.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination of abase-plate, a standard rising from said base-plate and having a flatinclined tapered table at its upper end, and side members also risingfrom saidbaseplate and lying on opposite sides of said standards withintervening spaces between them and the edges of said inclined taperedtable, said side members having laterally extending wings inclinedsimilar to said table and provided at their lower ends with upstandingstops.

9. A device of the character described comprising a base-plate, astandard rising from said base-plate and having a tapered inclined tableat its upper end, side members also rising from said base-plate andseparated from the edges of said inclined table by intervening spaces,said side members having laterally extending wings inclin'e'd similar tothe said inclined table but having their upper surfaces elevated abovethe surface of said table, said side members having also stops at theirrear ends.

10. A device of the character described comprising a center memberhaving a flat inclined upper surface with its edges converging rearward,and side members standing parallel with said converging edges andseparated from the latter by intervening spaces, said side membershaving laterally extending wings inclined similar to the upper surfaceof said center member and provided at their lower ends with upstandingstops. j

11. In a device of the character described, the combination of anintermediate rearwardly tapered member, and two side mem bers havingfiat upper faces and separated from said intermediate member byintervening diverging spaces.

12. A device of the character described comprising a center memberhaving a fiat inclined upper surface with its edges converging rearward,and side members stand ing parallel with said converging edges andseparated from the latter by intervening spaces, said side membershaving laterally extending wings inclined similar to the upper surfaceof said center member and provided at their lower ends with upstandingstops, the edges of said laterally extending wings converging in adirection opposite to those of the upper inclined surface of the centermember. I

13. In a device of the character described, the combination of a centermember comprising a plate, a standard rising centrally from said plateand having a flat inclined and tapered table at its upper end, and sidemembers on opposite sides of said standard and separated from the edgesof said table by narrow intervening spaces, each of said side memberscomprising a standard having a slotted flange at its lower end,laterally extending inclined wings at its upper end and upstanding stopsat the lower ends of said wings, and fastening-screws passing throughthe slots of the flanges at the lower ends of said side members andtaking into threaded openings in said base-plate.

14:. A holder for wing-point collars, comprising threevertically-disposed members separated by converging intervening spacessignature in the presence of two subscribing and having flat uppersurfaces, said spaces Witnesses. being arranged to receive opposite endsof a collar and permit of laying the Wingpoints of the collar upon tWoof said flat upper surfaces.

In testimony whereof, I have aflixed my EMILY G. SKINNER.

Witnesses ELLA C. PLUECKHAHN, EMIL NEUHART.

